Student Ink Spring 2013 | Page 156

all propelled into the air. Her nail polish went flying in the air and splattered all over my dads face.
“ Ah!” my dad screamed in a horrific voice, as the polish got in his eyes. He jerked the steering wheel to the side and crash! We rammed into a McDonalds. Next thing I know my lights went out and my memory stopped working.
The next time I came to, I was in a hospital bed, with a nurse by my side.“ What happened?” I moaned.“ You and your family were in a devastating car crash,” the nurse responded. I began to get really nervous,“ Are they okay?”
“ They are all a bit banged up, but they’ ll be fine, your father broke some ribs, your mother broke a bone in her arm, and your sister came out with no broken bones, just a bunch of cuts and bruises.”
That was a relief, but it made me wonder what my physical state was, and then I realized I had a huge cast on my right arm,“ Did I break my arm?” It seemed like an obvious answer but I asked anyway.
“ Yes, you have a clean break in your humorous, which is expected to heal in 2-3 months.”
Oh no, I would be out of tennis for so long. Speaking of tennis,“ Do you know who won the Wimbledon Championship by any chance?”
“ Of course, Daniel San won.”
“ Yes!” I squealed,“ Finally, a victory for Daniel San!” At least something went well today.
30 years later I was continuing my love for tennis, teaching in a small town in Iowa, that I lived in. Rosie started up her own nail salon called Nail Crash, where the women in town went to talk about the latest gossip. Mom and dad were retired and settled in a house on the beach in Florida.